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From western deserts to Carolina swamps : a Civil War soldier's journals and letters home / edited by John P. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sherman's March to the Sea--Sources.
- Sherman's March to the Sea.
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864--Sources.
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
- Sherman's March through the Carolinas--Sources.
- Sherman's March through the Carolinas.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States.
- Southwest, New--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.
- Southwest, New.
- United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 50th (1861-1865).
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 7th.
- Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908--Diaries.
- Roe, Lewis Franklin.
- Roe, Lewis Franklin, 1838-1908--Correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These journals and letters offer details of an epic march from Fort Bridger, Wyoming, to New Mexico, a firsthand account of the Battle of Valverde, and a soldier's efforts to understand ongoing events as the country rushed toward the outbreak of hosti
- Contents:
- The search for Lewis Roe
- Retracing the march of the 7th Infantry, June-August 1860
- Fort Bridger to Fort Craig : Lewis Roe's 1860 diary
- Escort duty in the Southwest and the Battle of Valverde
- Reenlistment, joining Sherman's army, and the beginning of the Atlanta Campaign, February-May 22, 1864
- Rome, Georgia, and the Battle of Allatoona, May 23-November 9, 1864
- The march to the sea, November 10-December 14, 1864
- Savannah, Georgia, December 15, 1864-January 26, 1865
- Up through the Carolinas, January 27-March 27, 1865
- End of the war and home again, April-July 1865.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283636650
- 1283636654
- 9780826351449
- 0826351441
- OCLC:
- 817819334
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